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gathering for new protests in the egyptian capital with president morsi as much anticipated state address failing to quell public anger the opposition is disappointed with morsi refusal to rescind the disputed draft constitution and is calling friday's release a final ultimatum to the country's leader based reportable true is near the presidential palace. the crowds of tens of thousands strong here in the presidential palace they've been gradually spilling into this area old day coming from different marches across seventeen locations in cairo there is talk of a sit in here presidential palace but at the moment they're just standing off against the other publican guards who built a concrete barrier in front of the presidential palace earlier this morning to stop protesters from going any further we've also seen similar protests across the country areas like alexandria where there was approximately fifteen thousand people who marched against morsi and consequent controversial decree and those are his

decisions to stick by the referendum on the constitution which is to next week this morning we want to suicide scenes in other parts of cairo there were funerals for three muslim brotherhood supporters who died in wednesday's clashes between rival protest groups right here we also saw ultra conservative islamist groups out so the media city which is basically a television headquarters about thirty miles outside of cairo who are protesting against the media incitement they said against islamist groups and against the president to be a national salvation front which is a coalition of opposition forces who are behind many of these marches and he also currently running the city and in tahrir square they're now saying in a press statement this morning that they absolutely refused dialogue with the president says president this speech asked for talks tomorrow which is just a day with opposition forces as it stands every single opposition party or major party so far in egypt has announced they will not attend these talks toward meeting

the president says slightly on his own tomorrow in addition we're still seeing strikes from doing most of the journalists in the kind of protest today which was converged on the presidential palace against morsi in addition we still got strikes from the head of the referendum committee we didn't hear on one to say in protest of the violence quits saying you couldn't you didn't you didn't believe in in what way the country was going to how the referendum itself could be hold this new question syria has. anyway that's how i am i the great dialogue as it stands at the moment. instead of uniting the nation mohammed morsi is addressed seems to have divided even further but dr walid fellow is a counterterrorism advisor to the u.s. congress says that despite the opposition's determination to make morsi back down he has a strong chance of keeping the new powers he's handed himself but the country is clearly split but mr morsi is strong because he has many institutions under his control the parliament the presidency the upper layer of the army now has replaced

many officers in his calculations on december the fifteenth he would've went because the most organized force now in egypt at least for the next few months is the muslim brotherhood and their allies the salafist they've gotten a majority in the parliament with allies of course they've got the president elected with allies and now some of his allies have abandoned him but they don't have the strength to organize and reach out to citizens the way the muslim brotherhood have so this looks like a recipe for. civil uprising against the government i am not sure that this is going to go immediately into what people think could be a civil war unless acts of violence are going to continue day after day and that's what the morsi was concerned about the syrian rebels have declared the country's main international airport a military zone warning civilians as they approach their own risk the u.s. is concerned rebel breakthroughs could force the government into a chemical attack something the white house says would trigger a foreign intervention washington reportedly believes president assad is preparing

to use chemical weapons themselves he's got a chicken reports allegations could be all it takes. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles will possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this would cross a red line next how does america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syrian government's alleged plans citing secret intelligence for fox news confirms that syrian troops now have the deadly nerve agent sarin gas weaponized and at the ready the syrian government flatly denied the possibility saying it would not use such weapons against its people. we would not commit suicide we feel

there's a conspiracy to provide a pretext for any subsequent interventions in syria buying these countries they're doing creasing pressure on syria. the syrian government sure knows that if they use chemical weapons it would give nato and some of their arab neighbors who are itching to intervene in syria the green light to go ahead with their plans the meskins itself says it would be suicidal for them to do so but with the fear and the hype building up over the use of chemical weapons against civilians in syria it seems the u.s. might be preparing grounds to jump the gun on this one the jumping the gun scenario is not new for the u.s. almost twenty years ago the bush administration confidently presented false evidence to invade iraq we have an descriptions of biological weapons factories on wheels and on rails in beijing triggered a civil war that killed more than one hundred thousand innocent iraqis and years later all washington had to say about this was the president thought it was correct

congress thought it was of course i regret that it turned out a lot of it was wrong in the run up to the iraq invasion to u.s. media was instrumental in selling the case to the public the congress never had any proof ever present ever of weapons of mass destruction all came from tony blair to the cheney bush and congress who writes now that the u.s. has drawn a red line on syria it has made it clear it's ready to take action but how i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of. a credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to. take action if that eventuality were to occur to american warships are already near the syrian coast with some. one thousand u.s.

marines and dozens of fighter jets on board on top of that nato is sending american german and dutch batteries of patriot anti-aircraft missiles to turkey's border with syria meaning hundreds more u.s. and european troops will be deployed to the frontier nato says deploying patriot missiles along syria's borders is a defensive step to prevent syria from attacking turkey i don't think there's any requirement whatsoever for patriot batteries on the ground in turkey again the patriot missiles are designed to really protect primarily against incoming theater ballistic missiles or aircraft the syrians are not going to attack the turks the turks of the most powerful military establishment in the region the largest army in nato and intervention in syria will be as bad if not worse than what we experienced in iraq the pentagon said they would need seventy five thousand troops to secure syria's weapons of mass destruction the question on everyone's mind is are they seriously considering that kind of a mess of intervention because that could mean another you rock coming soon and the

invasion that could be followed by years of bloody civil war in washington i'm going to check on the u.s. is expected to endorse the syrian rebels as the sole legitimate voice of the syrian people in the next few days so it will have a louche political analyst and professor at the university in jordan believes the hype around syria's chemical arsenals is being used as justification. the purpose of drumming up these allegations about syrians something or bundling the usage of of chemical weapons is either to justify military intervention in syria or to justify arming the rebels were quantitatively but the weaponry especially. this is only on the stump relies on the government of things go in the direction of the direct military

intervention at what the fun out there be another but on the large or regional scale. the student has been found guilty in a pretty court of involvement in a cyber attack on global online payment companies pay paul visa or master card were targeted after it blocked off funds meant for whistle blowing site wiki leaks the twenty two year old who has maintained his innocence is now facing a jail sentence on his door smith is following the case. the crime is basically a revenge attack against those companies located wiki leaks so pay pal master card fees and other online payment companies they banned wiki leaks from taking payments through their organizations which essentially brought with you to its knees and anonymous the active online activist organization then this put this block on them as well a distributed denial of service attack christopher weatherhead has been convicted

of participating in that attack and now this is a crime it's a crime that's called conspiracy to impair the operations of computers but it is ultimately a crime of protest were anonymous were doing was saying you know you can't as big organizations cut off wiki leaks from their funding without seeing some kind of retribution and this was the retribution that they planned and computer activists here in the u.k. are saying that the criminal justice system really by finding christopher weatherhead guilty is sending a message basically that financial institutions can cut off organizations with impunity but when the people try to fight back there's hell to pay the full force of the law comes down on them now as i say. christopher weatherhead is waiting for sentencing at the moment he's already been convicted but the maximum sentence that he could receive for this crime is ten years in prison but it's pretty interesting to know all of the crimes that also carry a maximum sentence of ten years and they include some extraordinary things if you

compare this impairing the operations of computers they include threats to kill also rioting right down to some sex offenses involving children and also with intent to rape so it's really extraordinary list of crimes that also carry this same sentence. with reporting there from london. to india is ready to flex its muscles and the son of china sea to prepare. to stake its claim for huge oil and gas fields against an uncompromising beijing plus. u.s. senate receives and to protect medicine from moscow in response to its decision to slap a travel ban on russians accused of breaching human rights that's another international news official break.

a forty nine year old southern california man was thrown in president charles with possessing materials to make an explosive device all because of his rather unusual wristwatch despite the bomb squad saying that his watch was not a weapon here rated custody for twenty four hours and was charged with the crime anyways a spokesman for the el meter county sheriff's department said that the man's watch had all the components to make an improvised explosive device minus the explosive material you know having a lighter in your pocket is also everything you need to self exposure minus the gun powder but before we make a victim out of this watch where i have to point out one thing the watch he was wearing was designed to look like some sort of bomb with fuses and wires and switches so who's more idiotic someone who wears a device that looks like a bomb on an airplane or a government who can fix someone for having the components of a bomb without that bit of the bomb that makes a blow up i'd say both are pretty dumb but that's just my opinion.

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stream pipeline is now officially under construction the project begins or i should say brings together europe's biggest energy john sam will see russian gas pumps straight to the continent these medical reports. although on this cold winter day in may not seem like it but this beach is a gateway to fun and sun to solve a new russians during their holidays and now this place will also become a gateway for russian gas into europe this day marks the start of the construction of one of the most ambitious and certainly expensive energy supply systems on earth no surprise there was plenty of coal i think groundbreaking ceremony such as to the

importance of being placed on the project that president clinton himself was here for the selfie in five lines will go directly from the black sea to bulgaria and on to greece as sleek and austria the project was dreamed up on to the idea the more the merrier a not the was at the mall pipelines the more secure the delivery to customers will be now it's a need that arose after transit countries ukraine and particular disrupted deliveries so on a number of occasions and the past fifty percent of the pipeline will be owned by russian energy giant gazprom the rest us but with its leaves france and germany will remain in the euro question whether this project is if the needed critics say that a whopping twenty billion dollars cost for a pipeline is way too much especially in current times of economic recession but it seems these fears are not enough to stop a project like this was vigorous and will be hoping the only choppy waters they

face a are on the very see if they will be going directly under the. well there are more stories to catch up with online including russia's prime minister gets a grilling from journalists you can finish these questions on the infamous pussy riot case the current defense ministry scandal and the negations that screws up being tightened. prime minister had to say. plus the right to follow a petition in some bizarre ideas in america with one bright spot collecting signatures for the u.s. government to build a space station. india has warned it's prepared to use force to secure its economic interests in the south

china sea and salt allegations that beijing had deliberately hampered its rivals on gas exploration if it's. going to of reports if they can't settle their dispute amicably there are others who are ready to take full advantage. as china and india rise economically their military muscles are growing as well both need energy to keep that kind of growth going and that may be putting the to asian giants on a collision course because of the mess that nationalism the indian government cannot afford to be seem to be weak in dealing with china obviously a higher power with the government. over two hundred billion barrels of oil and large amounts of natural gas that's more than the vast majority of the world's energy rich nations have all hidden under the south china sea that china claims most of the territory for itself but india has also managed to get access by buying a stake in a vietnamese gas field shortly after one way accused chinese boat of sandwich

dodging exploration india warned it's ready to use force to defend its interests hopefully as i said that should not to lead to more long term conflict but you know it's it's not me inevitable because both countries have large and visions of becoming global actors and players both china and india have been pumping billions of u.s. dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect form vessels surely the vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of a crash for neither china or india to pass up wasn't really worth a proper between a true economic power houses so it's a really a game that neither can win at the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s.

has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this in yes there west strike to depict this expansion by both china terms of the last. four holes that. lessing that the wall is a military clash so if the two eastern powerhouses can't share a new lease leave it can't go to some other players already prowling on the sidelines you. know or some other news from around the world five people have been taken to hospital after a one metre high tsunami hit the miyagi province in japan it was triggered by seven point three magnitude earthquake that struck the eastern coast with aftershocks felt as far away as the capital tokyo the tsunami alert has now been lifted in two thousand and eleven a similar quake in the same area was a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear plant. some as part is invited to his twenty fifth anniversary celebrations in gaza ministry as a sign of

a warming relations between the parties after splits caused by hamas when in power in gaza six years ago it's believed israel's latest military operation which killed over one hundred people has pushed the two sides to cast aside their differences. britain and the wants of the phone to hoax callers playing a prank on the hospital treating the duchess of cambridge is understood to have committed suicide since all donna who transferred the call was found dead in central london two australian radio deejays tentatively the queen and prince charles phoned the hospital while the duchess was being treated for illness linked to pregnancy. in athens greek youths clash with police during a rally marking the fourth anniversary of a deadly police shooting gas was used to disperse the angry mob while at least twenty eight people were detained six cars were reportedly set alight back in two thousand and eight a policeman shot dead a fifteen year old sparking mass protests the officer received a life sentence two years later. russia is to deny visas to

american officials who violate human rights the eye for an eye response from moscow came after the american senate approved a travel ban on the number of russians facing similar accusations coming off as more fresh diplomatic spat between moscow and washington. the diplomatic row was sparked by a provision a controversial provision and u.s. passed legislation that essentially normalizes trade relations between the two countries dubbed as the magnitsky act after moscow attorney who tragically died in two thousand and nine and russian custody the legislation seeks to name and shame russian officials allegedly involved in corruption and effectively forbids them from traveling to and investing in the united states now this move was met with a furious response here in moscow with the russian foreign ministry saying publicly that it is nothing quote but a vindictive desire to counter russia in world affairs it is quote perplexing and

prosperous to hear human rights complaints from the united states where torture and kidnappings are illegal in the twenty first century they went on to tweet that quote apparently washington has forgotten what year it is and still thinks the cold war is going on the u.s. decision to impose visa and financial sanctions on certain russian citizens is like something out of the theater of the absurd russian foreign minister say to sergey lavrov had said that in response russia will be imposing a similar travel ban against american officials accused of human rights violations now we know that this could have been of course a more joyous day for the two countries done with risky asked was tacked on to the repeal of the so-called jackson that an amendment to this has was imposed in the one nine hundred seventy s. and effectively was a result of the cold war but now that russian trade relations are normalized we do have this new diplomatic spat over the magnitsky act now the reaction in europe to

this has been quite mixed we heard from two former british foreign secretaries who have called for a similar ban to be imposed in the u.k. meanwhile the french ambassador here in moscow had said that his country is not going to be following suit with that kind of legislation so again mixed reaction but certainly a lot of theory and. feelings between the two former cold war those the united states and moscow. that's where it is a moment here and more news in about thirty five minutes from now in the meantime we head to our washington studio for capital account with a lauren lister that'll be off to a short break here on our team. which

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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in leicester here in washington d.c. these are your headlines birds thursday december sixth two thousand while it seems to be at the center of the u.s. as current fiscal blows in the debate over them. when it comes to raising taxes on the wealthy those making more than two to fifty thousand dollars if the republicans do not agree to that is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff oh absolutely. absolutely but when it comes to the u.s. is economic problems does this tax debate or even this fiscal cliff debate begin to scratch the surface of the crisis all former republican strategist author and historian kevin phillips is here with lessons we can learn from seventeen seventy five the subject of his latest book that many a politician may benefit from actually reading. from

a long time in politics you know i don't do it anymore but boys mark thirty do not read history book. and the as these the is reportedly investigating going to be providing twelve billion dollars in derivatives trading losses in two thousand and eight yeah yeah there's a list of alleged bad bank behavior how. it is good capitalism though being driven out by bad capitalism all will break it down and word of the day plus alan greenspan says a painless solution to the u.s. debt is a fantasy plan finally something we can agree on more in loose change let's get to today's capital account.

our guest kevin phillips made a name for himself in the late one nine hundred sixty s. as a g.o.p. operative who coined the phrase and wrote the book the emerging republican majority predicting the rise of the republican party by securing the south for a generation fast forward though and now he's writing about revolution in particular seven hundred seventy five which he says was a good year for it that was of course when the american revolution was going on and when it comes to this war he gets into economic factors that may not have gone down as saliently in mainstream history as taxation without representation but were major roles nonetheless among them was the inability of colonists to manage their own monetary affairs because of british policies also overindebtedness that was in part the result and the brits control of trade which required certain commodities to actually pass through middlemen all the way over london now to delve into what we can learn from this history as the u.s. faces its modern economic problems earlier i spoke to kevin philip.